Category Archives: funk ‘n’ soul

luv023

beats 'n' pieces, funk 'n' soul, rock 'n' roll

Brown Corduroy

these corduroys reek of rock ‘n’ roll attitude with a funk that comes from a night of heavy sweating and smoke machines.
photo : Reggie Owens

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Tracklist:
  1. The Magnificent Seven – The Clash – Epic (1980) > buy link
  2. Pardon My Freedom – !!! – Warp / Touch & Go (2004) > buy link
  3. Uptown Breakdown – Konk – Celluloid (1983) > buy link
  4. I Wanna Do My Thing – Edwin Starr – Jazz Funk (1977/2003)
  5. What About You (In the World Today) – Co Real Artists – Stones Throw (1974/2002) > buy link
  6. Flavor Part 1 – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Matador (1995) > buy link
  7. Never Say Never – Romeo Void – Columbia (1982) > buy link
  8. Formica Fuego – Two Lone Swordsmen – Warp (2004) > buy link
  9. Car Trouble – Adam and the Ants – Do It / Epic (1980) > buy link
  10. Crosstown Traffic – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Reprise (1968) > buy link
  11. Remember Who You Are – Breakestra – Stones Throw (2001) > buy link
  12. Let It Bleed (Padded Cell Dub Mix) – Big Two Hundred – DC Recordings (2003) > buy link
  13. Hungry, So Angry – Medium Medium – Cherry Red (1981/2004) > buy link
  14. Muddy Empire – Junkie Slip – Tummy Touch (2004) > buy link
  15. Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time – Gang of Four – Warner Bros. (1980) > buy link
  16. Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed – RCA (1973) > buy link

luv102

african rhythms, funk 'n' soul

Afrocentric

a collection of African funk and afrobeat from the 70’s & 80’s.
photo : the west coast of Africa as seen from the satellite of luv

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Tracklist:
  1. It’s Gonna Be A Good Day – Blo – Afrodisia / Afro Strut (1975/2001) > buy link
  2. Envy No Good – Mercury Dance Band – Kona Records (2001) > buy link
  3. No Condition Is Permanent – Marjata – Gapophone Records / Voodoo Funk/Academy (1976/2011) > buy link
  4. Oye Mama – Osibisa – Buddah Records (1973)
  5. Twoo Boe (Work Chant) – Lumumba – A&M (1974)
  6. Bayam Sell’am – Manu Dibango – Telson (1977) > buy link
  7. Nka Bom – Edikanfo – E.G. Records (1981)
  8. Kimia – Spiritual Singers “Ntsamina” – Mississippi Records (1980/2009)
  9. Sunny Ti De Ariya – King Sunny Adé – Mango (1982) > buy link
  10. Kyenkyen Bi Adi M’awu – K.Frimpong and his Cubano Fiesta – Kona Records (1976/2001) > buy link
  11. Afro Instrumental – Orlando Julius and the Afro Sounders – Philips / Voodoo Funk Records (1973/2011) > buy link
  12. 2,000 Blacks Got To Be Free – Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Roy Ayers – Phonodisk / Celluloid (1980/1986) > buy link

luv100

ambient revolution, beats 'n' pieces, dub, funk 'n' soul, jazz, odd pop, reggae

some new, some old,
some classic, some gold

with this, the 100th mix in the series of luv, the sweet daddy lays down some beautiful music. life can be all that. much luv.
photo : another wonderful photo from Stephen Lebovits

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Tracklist:
  1. What A Wonderful World (intro) – Louis Armstrong – RCA (1970/1978)
  2. We Love Roll Call Y-All – Bill Lee and The Natural Spiritual Orchestra – CBS (1989) > buy link
  3. Overture – The Joe Harriott Double Quintet under the direction of John Mayer – Atlantic (1966) > buy link
  4. Bewildered – Bim Sherman – Mantra Recordings / ON-U Sound (1996) > buy link
  5. Toomus Meremereh Nor Good – S.E. Rogers – Mississippi Records (1972)
  6. Sorongaio – Baden Powell – Elenco / Fontana (1970/1973)
  7. Sabasi – Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba – Honest Jon’s Records (2003) > buy link
  8. Sherburne (#186) – United Sacred Harp Convention – Mississippi Records (1959/2009) > buy link
  9. Sweet Road – Animal Collective – Fat Cat Records (2004) > buy link
  10. Susan Jane – Eugene McDaniels – Atlantic (1971) > buy link
  11. Long Time Dub – Upsetters – Trojan (1990)
  12. Can’t Work No Longer – The Impressions – ABC-Paramount / Sparton (1965
  13. Enjoy, Enjoy – Emil Richards & the Microtonal Blues Band – Impulse! (1968)
  14. Summertime – The Free Design – Light In The Attic (1969/2003) > buy link
  15. Vida Bela – Elizete Cardoso – Soul Jazz (2011) > buy link
  16. La Fable Du Petit Oiseau – Ennio Morricone – Deram (1973)
  17. San Diego Serenade – Tom Waits – Asylum Records (1974) > buy link
  18. Jesus the Mexican Boy – Iron & Wine – Sub Pop (2003) > buy link
  19. Japan – Pharoah Sanders – Impulse! (1966) > buy link

luv083

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, funk 'n' soul, jazz, rock 'n' roll

Can’t Nothing Be Love But Love

at least 50% of all recorded music is about “love”, so when asked to make a mix on this theme i was truly daunted. here’s my attempt to tell a story about “love” with words and music. I hope you love it.

image : photo by Stephen Lebovits, manipulated by luv

* originally commissioned by Oliver Blank for his Kiosk show on Bassoradio in Helsinki, Finland.

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Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from Walt Disney’s Story of Bambi – Disneyland Records (1969)
  2. The Love Bug – The Little Rascals – Mark 56 Records (1974)
  3. The Color Of The Fire – Boards of Canada – Warp/Skam (1998) > buy link
  4. Moments In Love (beaten) – The Art of Noise – ZZT Records (1985) > buy link
  5. A Love Supreme Part I – Acknowledgement – John Coltrane – Impulse! (1964) > buy link
  6. excerpt from Love – Maharishi Maheshi Yogi – World Pacific Records (1967)
  7. Love Is Love – Alemayno Eshintay – Mississippi Records (2006)
  8. excerpts from “As the twig is bent…” – Fr. Gene Jakubek, S.J. – Jesuit Seminary Guild (????)
  9. Happier Than The Morning Sun – Stevie Wonder – Tamla (1972) > buy link
  10. I Love You – Peter E. Tevis & Kelly Jean Peters – PET Records (1984)
  11. excerpts from Do You Love Me? – Archie & Edith Bunker – Atlantic (1971)
  12. I Love You – Dennis Wilson – Caribou / Sundazed (1978/2008) > buy link
  13. excerpt from Airplane! – Ted Striker & Elaine Dickinson – Regency Records (1980)
  14. Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys – MGM / Polygram (1948/1985) > buy link
  15. Lonesome Tears – Beck – Geffen (2002) > buy link
  16. Theme Amour Universal – Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Pathe Marconi / Universal Sound (1970/2000)
  17. excerpt from Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Tom Clay – Tamla Motown (1971)
  18. Love – John Lennon – Apple / Capitol (1970) > buy link
  19. Martha – Tom Waits – Asylum Records (1973) > buy link
  20. Let’s Do It Again – The Staple Singers & Curtis Mayfield – Curtom Records (1975) > buy link
  21. Love and Affection – The Wailing Wailers – Studio One (1965) > buy link
  22. Love Can Be Anything (Can’t Nothing Be Love But Love) – The Temptations – Tamla Motown (1971) > buy link

luv073

beats 'n' pieces, funk 'n' soul, jazz, reggae, rock 'n' roll

What I Was Born Into

a small collection of sounds that were floating around our world when I came along in 1973.

image : The Longines Symphonette Society

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Tracklist:
  1. Keep Yourself Alive – Queen – Elektra (1973) > buy link
  2. intro from 1973 in Review – General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  3. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  4. Over the Hills and Far Away – Led Zeppelin – Atlantic (1973) > buy link
  5. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  6. I’m So Green – Can – United Artists Records (1973) > buy link
  7. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  8. Dueling Banjos – Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel – Warner Bros. (1973) > buy link
  9. excerpt from Pagan Ritual – Mandingo – E.M.I. / Columbia (1973)
  10. excerpt from 1973 in Review – General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  11. Apache – Incredible Bongo Band – Pride (1973) > buy link
  12. Don’t Bug Me – Cheech & Chong – Ode Records (1973) > buy link
  13. Parade Strut – J.J. Johnson – MCA (1973)
  14. excerpt from Hamhock’s Hall Was Big – Lightnin’ Rod – Celluloid (1973) > buy link
  15. 125th Street Congress – Weather Report – Columbia (1973) > buy link
  16. excerpt from The Shit Hits The Fan Again – Lightnin’ Rod – Celluloid (1973) > buy link
  17. radio promo ad for Coffy – XXX Black Label (1973)
  18. Coffy Is The Color – Roy Ayers – Polydor (1973) > buy link
  19. U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  20. We Need Order – The Chi-Lites – Brunswick Records (1973) > buy link
  21. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  22. Commercialization – Jimmy Cliff – Reprise (1973) > buy link
  23. And Then There’s Maude – theme from tv show Maude – TVT (1972/1987)
  24. U.S. Senators Sam Ervin & Howard Baker soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  25. My Hero, Zero – Scholastic Rock, Inc. – Capitol (1973)
  26. Paris 1919 – John Cale – Reprise (1973) > buy link
  27. Harmonika – Kraftwerk – Vertigo (1972/1973)
  28. excerpt from Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield- Virgin (1973) > buy link
  29. I Am The Sea – The Who – MCA (1973) > buy link
  30. Lost In The Flood – Bruce Springsteen – Columbia (1973) > buy link
  31. Money – Pink Floyd – Harvest (1973) > buy link
  32. U.S. Senators Ted Stevens & Mike Gravel soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  33. excerpt from What Is Money, Anyway? – The Standard Life Assurance Company (1973)
  34. He’s Misstra Know-It-All – Stevie Wonder – Tamla/Motown (1973) > buy link
  35. Henry Kissinger soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  36. Mamunia – Paul McCartney & Wings – Apple Records(1973) > buy link
  37. excerpt from the story of Robin Hood – Disneyland Records (1973)
  38. Out The Blue – John Lennon – Apple Records (1973) > buy link
  39. outro from 1973 in Review – General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  40. Stir It Up – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Island (1973) > buy link

luv070

funk 'n' soul

A Cure For The Summertime Blues

a funk and soul mix designed to chase away the summertime blues.

photo : Ma Fleur

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Tracklist:
  1. Ooh Child – The Five Stairsteps – Buddah Records (1970) > buy link
  2. Want Ads – Honey Cone – Hot Wax (1972) > buy link
  3. You Keep Me Hanging On – Bonnie and Sheila – Soul Jazz (2008) > buy link
  4. Stop Look Listen! – Primevil – Luv N’ Haight (2006) > buy link
  5. Think (About It) – Lyn Collins – People Records / Polydor (1972) > buy link
  6. Cramp Your Style – All The People – Soul Jazz (2003) > buy link
  7. Must Be Your Thing – The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band –  Warner Bros. (1969) > buy link
  8. Struttin’ – Billy Preston – A&M (1974) > buy link
  9. Ancestral Ceremony – Kool & The Gang – De-Lite Records (1975)
  10. Do It Right – El Riot – Luv N’ Haight (2005) > buy link
  11. They Say I’m Different – Betty Davis – Just Sunshine Records / Light In The Attic (1973/2007) > buy link
  12. You Gotta Believe – The Pointer Sisters – MCA (1976) > buy link
  13. Sister Sanctified – Stanley Turrentine – CTI Records (1972) > buy link
  14. Unspoken Dreams Of Light – Eugene McDaniels – Atlantic (1970) > buy link
  15. Time To Get It Together – Marvin Gaye – Tamla (1978) > buy link
  16. Walk Tall – Cannonball Adderly – Trikont (2002) > buy link
  17. Amen, Brother – The Winstons – Metromedia Records (1969)
  18. The People’s Choice – The Best Ever & Muhammad Ali – Trikont (2003)
  19. Funky Donkey – Pretty Purdie – Date (1968) > buy link
  20. Biological Speculation – Funkadelic – Westbound Records (1972) > buy link